Trying to understand the ColdFusion 8 - Net integration

On Tuesday 02 Oct 2007, coldfusion.developer@att.net wrote:
> All, I'm just starting to learn .Net. I'm trying to grasp the concept of
> what .Net assemblies are. Would it be fair to say that they are like CFCs?
AFAICT it's a new name for 'DLL'.
> A layman's explanation would be so appreciated. My boss, who is a director
> of Marketing has talked about switching to .Net because it what some Web
> agencies are saying we should be using.
Well, firstly, marketing thought it up, so it should carry no technical
weight.
Secondly, obviously you have no .Net knowledge, so it'll take much longer to
get anything done even after you've spent all the time and money getting
trained up.
Thirdly, .Net is never always the right answer, just as CFML is never always
the right answer. What do these 'Web agencies' do (or thing you do) that
makes them think .Net must be the One True Way ?
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Tom Chiverton
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